Larissa Nash, an alumna of Loyola University New Orleans, is in pursuit of an M.F.A. in Poetry from Pacific University. Larissa resides in the dusty, neglected outskirts of Austin, Texas, where she attempts to appease the rain god with haiku. She has participated in several of Francesca Lia Block’s online workshops, and her work has appeared in Bohemia, Dinosaur Bees, Eunoia Review, Flutter Poetry Journal, Fortunates, Poppy Road Review, and Siren. Please visit her at: http://www.underwaterlily.org